After some tweaks to my Tau army list after Carnage, I've decided to write up a 1500 points Tau army list. In the UK 1500 points games are run of the mill for Warhammer 40K.

Progressing from 1500 points up to 1750 points was a bit daunting for the tournament. But for anyone who regularly playing 1500 point games, I would strongly suggest going up to 1750 points, then pulling out 250 points of the units that didn't perform very well. This will make your 1500 points army list much stronger and easier to use.

1500pts Tau Army Thoughts:
In reducing my force down to 1500 points, I've dropped the Kroot because all they did was sit in the woods and get shot.

While I initially planned to drop the second Tau Battlesuit team, which were armed with missile pods and burst cannons, I felt the need for the new Tau Battlesuit team with twin linked flamers.

Twin linked flamers are devastating up close and should act as a deterrent for units that get to near to my moving Tau tank wall. Also, in my last game against Tyranids I desperately needed some kind of template weaponry to eradicate the sheer number of smaller creatures.

Of course, in order to field these, it meant dropping the Stealth Suits team. Now as much as I love my Stealth Suits, they weren't massively effective in the tournament as you can see from the 40K Battle Reports (LINK) they didn't really do that much. I can always switch back to them in the future.

You can see that I've kept my core units, such as the Heavy Support choices and the 3 squads of Tau Firewarriors in their pimped out Devilfish transports. So instead of reducing the solid core of flexible units, I've had to cut back on my elite choices and a throw-away unit.

I'm off to Essex Warhounds this Sunday. Let's see how my 1500 points Tau army list fairs!

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I'm returning to my Tau after a break with marines and I've been following your posts with much interest! Your list looks like a very competitive list with a great assortment of units and strats for a game.

Can I ask why you decided to field the TL Flamer suits as a squad of 3 instead as Monats (thus occupying all 3 elite slots)? I know you lose the shield drone protection, but you'd gain the ability to break up opponent's shooting. I'm pondering the same decision for my own crew of suits….to Monat or not to Monat?

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